daffodillyn.
/ˈdafədɪli/ The same as daffodil n.: a poetic (and dialect) form.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > asphodels
affodill1440
daffodilly1538
daffodil1548
asphodel1597
king's spear1597
onion asphodel1597
knavery1640
frodils1674
Scotch asphodel1771
ten o'clock1826
bog asphodel1881
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > daffodil and allied flowers > daffodil
daffodilly1538
daffadowndilly1573
yellow crow-bells1578
daffodil1592
Lide-flower1609
Lide-lily1609
trumpet1705
daffy1777
Lent rose1796
chalice-flower1824
Lent lilya1825
Lenten lily1874
dilly1878
Golden Spur1886
trumpet daffodil1895
King Alfred1899
daff1915
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1538 W. Turner Libellus de re Herbaria at Asphodelvs A latinis hasta regia & albucum dicitur, a barbaris & latine lingue corruptoribus aphrodillus & affodillus, ab anglis Affadyll & Daffadilly.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Jan. 22 Thy sommer prowde, with Daffadillies dight.
1593 M. Drayton Idea iii. sig. D Bedeck our Beta all with Lillies, And the dayntie Daffadillies.
1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 24 in Justa Edouardo King Bid Amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffadillies fill their cups with tears.
1847 M. Howitt Ballads 7 He cut the leaves of the snow-drop down, And tied up the daffodilly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
daffodillyadj.
rare.
Full of or furnished with daffodils.
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1892 Temple Bar Sept. 125 An exceedingly unpretentious, yet palm-y and daffodill-y drawing-room.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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